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France deploys 70,000 police and museums shut as country braces for more protests
🇮🇪 Ireland · War & conflict · 2 d ago
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French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has said that 70,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed alongside helicopters, armoured vehicles and water cannons.
Additionally, the Culture Ministry said museums such as the Louvre, the Orsay and Grand Palais will remain closed.
Adding to tensions, far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) party was holding a weekend congress in the central city of Orleans to kick off her campaign for elections in six months to choose President Emmanuel Macron’s successor.
One demonstration authorities are watching closely is in the city of Orléans, where 50 organisations have called for left-wing activists to protest the far-right again.
Art Basel, one of the world’s most prestigious contemporary art fairs, opened to the public on Friday, but only for the day, with the threat of unrest prompting organisers to cancel the weekend programme.
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